Former US President Donald Trump was shot during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, with the bullet piercing the upper part of his right ear.
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Trump was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear.
An audience member was killed, and another spectator was seriously injured.
Former President Donald Trump was injured in a shooting Saturday evening during his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania
The shooter fired multiple shots from an elevated position outside of the Trump rally before he was killed by agents
Trump said on social media that he was shot and hit by a bullet in the upper part of my right ear
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